The Healthcare Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

I handed them the same box of single ply tissues I was now sobbing into, as I handed them a pen to sign their discharge paperwork. Two weeks after my emergency room discharge, I continued to live life as if nothing happened, returning to work without any healthcare follow-up to address my emotional burden.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Expanded Access to Improved Transition Planning Tools Connect Care provides a set of integrated supports that can help clinicians anticipate and plan for a patient's discharge from hospital. Manual: Transition Planning Manual: Safe Handling Readiness Tip: Discharge Readiness 'Traffic Lights' Demo: Discharge Readiness 'Traffic Lights'

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EvidenceCare

MARCH 11, 2024

GMLOS is calculated by taking the nth root of the product of the length of stay for a series of discharges, where ‘n’ represents the number of discharges. Unlike GMLOS, ALOS is calculated by adding the total number of stay days for a group of patients and dividing by the number of discharges or admissions.

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Discharges Admissions Patient Satisfaction Hospital 130

Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

The Trial STRONG-HF studied two treatment strategies after a patient was discharged from the hospital after treatment for heart failure. I do know that if hospital systems were incentivized to help patients with heart failure, they would improve post-discharge follow-up to something along the lines of STRONG-HF. Here were the results.

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KevinMD.com

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

percent of patients across the nation who have been discharged from a hospital, whether to a post-acute care facility or a home, will be readmitted for unforeseen circumstances. Hospital readmissions continue to be frequent despite their negative impact on health outcomes and financial strain on the health care system overall. On average, 14.56

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Hospital Acute Care Discharges 64

Minority Nurse

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

In June 2021, Montefiore was evaluating performance improvement initiatives to enhance patient experiences and alleviate flow challenges and decided to open a discharge lounge. The idea of a discharge lounge isn’t new, but being assisted by the clinician with whom patients just bonded is.

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Scrubs

JULY 31, 2023

Then, when it comes time for discharge, the patient or their caregiver isn’t surprised by the restrictions that some meds may have. We may take it for granted that they understand their meds, particularly if they’ve been taking them for a while, but some questioning could reveal that they aren’t quite as knowledgeable as they should be.

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Discharges Hospital Medication 208

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

Imagine if the same virtual nurse who cared for you in the hospital performed a virtual visit after discharge or was your hospital to home nurse and connected with your primary care provider for a warm handoff. It can also reduce the workload at the bedside by having remote nurses do admissions, discharges, and answer questions virtually.

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Discharges Transfers Patient Satisfaction Hospital 239

Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

A new section in the Connect Care Manual flags the largest updates and changes to be aware of - Launch 9 Updates.

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Minority Nurse

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

We wait to be discharged. ” If you’re waiting to be discharged from the hospital, what time you’ll be able to leave is anyone’s guess since one hand often doesn’t know what the other hand is doing. We wait to see the provider. We’re stalled in the emergency room waiting area.

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Sensible Medicine

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

In this group, medications were up-titrated to recommended doses within 2 weeks of discharge and four scheduled outpatient visits were completed in the 2 months after discharge. We should not conclude that patients should be started on 3-4 new meds prior to discharge. High intensity care was the GDMT group.

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Follow-Up Discharges Hospital Medication 107

Scrubs

JULY 23, 2023

Took longer to discharge the patient than it did to treat him. The parents even insisted that the surgeon wear a certain crystal as a necklace while performing the cannulation! Kim Gutridge Zornow 4. A Wiccan altar set up in a room in the ER. The patient was being seen for a broken toe. Carrie Bittay-D’Intino 5. Bob Hayward 6.

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Hospital Discharges 246

Connect Care Bytes Blog

AUGUST 29, 2024

This issue includes information on: Fall Connect Care upgrade and downtime Optimization Training classes in September New Connect Quality project on improving Problem List use, to meet CPSA's Standards of Practice Quality Improvement requirement Enhancement to Admission and Discharge navigators Upcoming Glucometer Overview column in Patient Lists Sorting (..)

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Discharges Admissions Documentation Tests 40

Emerging RN Leader

JUNE 7, 2023

With increasing patient volumes, throughput within a facility can be a major pain point in facilitating timely admissions, discharges, and transfers. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Improving communication across departments is often a key concern when discussing conflict areas in leadership programs.

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Communication Discharges Transfers Admissions 78

Scrubs

APRIL 4, 2023

The man was then discharged from the hospital and put in the county jail. Martinek told the officers that handcuffing the patient to the bed was unsafe, so they put him in a four-point restraint instead. But the patient kicked the nurse in the stomach while she was attempting to insert a catheter.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Dictate any pre-launch admission or transfer notes Launch 9 inpatient facilities are supported for dictation of admission histories, transfer notes, consultation reports and discharge summaries. This is done through the provincial eScription service , with products appearing in the Netcare electronic health record.

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EvidenceCare

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

We’re still facing the same types of denials, especially with short stays where payers push back post-discharge.” Be on the lookout for post discharge audits as the Medicare Advantage plans do not have to follow the two-midnight presumption.

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Forbes Healthcare

APRIL 8, 2024

Donnelly says around 25% of its enquiries come from National Health Service discharge teams and social workers looking to place patients in nursing, dementia and palliative care. Around 20,000 people seeking care are matched with care homes or other providers for free each month, while organizations pay per qualified enquiry.

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Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2024

Documentation : Use paper forms or eScription for essential documentation for procedures or intervention results and reports. DOWNTIME” (SmartPhrase) to complete the chart element, indicating that content is available elsewhere in the chart.

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Minority Nurse

MAY 8, 2024

In this role, burn nurses can better assess the needs of their patients post-discharge, anticipating potential problems like lack of transportation, living conditions without heat or electricity, or unstable food resources.

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Discharges Certification Tests Collaboration 105

Electronic Health Reporter

DECEMBER 15, 2020

By Stephan Herron, CEO and president, Scriptel Corporation For decades, healthcare providers have relied on putting pen to paper when it comes to signing off on prescriptions, discharge orders or even referrals to specialists. For […].

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Discharges 103

EvidenceCare

APRIL 16, 2024

A compliance measure calculates the percentage of patients discharged in the appropriate inpatient or observation bed status—a determinant that can result in major financial repercussions if misclassified. The goal for the compliance measure is to have over 95% of discharges compliant.

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Documentation Admissions Discharges Billing 130

Minority Nurse

JANUARY 25, 2024

I often say that in an outpatient setting an infusion nurse operates in five areas of nursing serving as an admissions nurse , case manager, infusion nurse, charge nurse, and discharge nurse. Witnessing patients’ journeys from diagnosis to healing at discharge is incredibly fulfilling.

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Discharges Best Practices Admissions Patient Care 105

Scrubs

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Yet, every time they would come into the hospital, we would discharge them with the same plan. I saw the same people over and over, but there were loads of services for people experiencing homelessness and addiction issues. There was a disconnect between what we were saying and the person,” she said of her experience.

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Acute Care Critical Thinking Discharges Follow-Up 262

Connect Care Bytes Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Recent additions to this blog and its various channels are listed below. Reminder that a camera icon in a blog post on any of our channels indicates that there is an accompanying screenshot - just click the icon to view.

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Discharges Admissions 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2024

This issue includes information on: Prescriber Virtual Drop-In Centre for Launch 9 and Arthur Child prescribers/consultants Workflow updates for all launches due to Launch 9 Daylight Savings Time on November 3 MyAHS Connect access changes and referral information Simplified discharge dispositions for IFTs H&P lookback setting extended Op Notes (..)

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Discharges Care Plan Scheduling 40

Connect Care Bytes Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2024

General Order Sets - Order-Related Clinical Decision Supports Support Optimization Training - Classes in October Inpatient Order Set Updates - Swallow Screen and Bronchiolitis Enhanced Discharge as Deceased Navigator COVID-19 and Connect Care - Hospital Vaccinations Order Set Updated Auto-expiry of Additional In Basket Message Types Dragon Medical (..)

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Discharges Billing Hospital Medication 40

EvidenceCare

JUNE 11, 2024

They would submit their charges post-discharge and be reimbursed. Getting a working DRG quickly helps provide a target discharge date and impacts average length of stay. Note: CMS documents how each ICD-10 code can be either a CC or MCC here. Something had to change. What role does a patient’s DRG play in CareGauge?

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Hospital Discharges Documentation Admissions 130

Health Populi

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Beginning with volume, or utilization, the second table shows that hospital discharges fell by nearly 13% year-over-year in January 2021, emergency department visits dropped nearly 25%, and operating room minutes, 17%. A major contributor to hospitals’ fiscal declines came via expenses rising double-digits per discharge: 25.4%

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Hospital Discharges Outpatient Care 86

Health Populi

JUNE 27, 2024

Next, to the process factors — which involve scheduling, ease of billing and paying, and clear treatment plans at the point of discharge. The most important of these, most consumers say, is the ability to schedule an appointment or procedure within a reasonable timeframe.

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Discharges Scheduling Appointments Billing 62

Connect Care Bytes Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Any incomplete health records on inpatients discharged on/after November 2, 2024 will be completed in Connect Care. After 05:00 on November 2, 2024, records will be completed through the Connect Care CIS rather than external dictation or eScription.

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Scrubs

AUGUST 17, 2023

Asking before they even see a doctor when they are going to be discharged… —Mary Christa Wright 4. —Cindy Flynn 2. I wish they’d stop hunting me down if I don’t come to their room IMMEDIATELY for a nonemergency. —Ar I am tiny and look young. People assume I am a student and ask, “When will you be a real nurse?”

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Discharges Appointments 246

Scrubs

MARCH 15, 2023

UC San Diego Health carefully tracks bed availability, patient discharges, planned procedures, supplies and other data to make timely decisions to expedite bed availability.” The organization also noted that it “is taking every measure possible to care for these patients and attend to their comfort and needs.

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Scrubs

MARCH 9, 2023

Madera Community Hospital is dedicated to continuing services to our patients that are in the hospital and will ensure that they are safely transferred or discharged,” the hospital said in a statement earlier this year.

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Hospital Billing Discharges Transfers 244

Connect Care Bytes Blog

AUGUST 30, 2024

Guide: Patient Movement Guide Guide: Patient Movement Continuing Care Readiness Guide: Home Care and Supportive Living Admissions, Discharges, and Transfers Manual: Readiness Events Contact: connectcare.patientmovement@ahs.ca

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Guideway Care

APRIL 9, 2024

It includes 29 questions covering various aspects of healthcare, such as communication with nurses and doctors, hospital environment, pain management, and discharge information. Also, factors such as pre-hospitalization experiences, post-discharge follow-up, and outpatient care are not included in the HCAHPS survey.

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Patient Satisfaction Patient Experience Discharges Outpatient Care 52

Scrubs

MARCH 7, 2023

When Small’s babies were discharged from the hospital several months after she gave birth, Mullen asked if they could exchange numbers, and the two have been a part of each other’s lives ever since. Fortunately, Katrina Mullen was the nurse assigned to look after Small’s children.

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